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Karen Yip
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Geo! Enviro! Oceans! weather! STEM! 2YC! wildflowers!
Anti gun violence, pro gun safety.
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nhcbot.bsky.social
11/30: Today is the last day of the 2025 hurricane season. The month of November has proven to be very quiet this year, with no named storms during the month. There weren't even any disturbances mentioned in the Tropical Weather Outlook the en... https://x.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1995096242884358356
November 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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archaeal.bsky.social
A bunch of activity in the Falkor (too) hangar today.

Diving now....https://www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean

#AsgardArchaea
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November 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 876 is live! #asgardarchaea #MarineLife
www.youtube.com/live/3dgZ-_s...
Station 2 | SOI Divestream 876
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
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November 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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archaeal.bsky.social
Getting ready to dive into this canyon. You can watch the stream from the ROV here www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean

#AsgardArchaea
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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archaeal.bsky.social
Deployment! ROV SuBastian. www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean

#AsgardArchaea
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November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
kbyip.bsky.social
Thanks, UPS, for delivering my “do not bend” package from @skypeascientist.bsky.social after it appears to have been run over in a puddle leaving it mangled. 😱👎
At least the scratch-off boxes of the Eel Facts aren’t marred.
(I don’t think I’ve received a mangled package before so this isn’t normal)
A large white mailing envelope with two red “please do not bend” stickers. This envelope is rumpled, wrinkled, has black tire/road marks. There is clear tape mending one of the tears. Eel Facts advent calendar with numbered orange rectangles. The page is torn on the left.
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?
us.theconversation.com The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 10d
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

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November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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archaeal.bsky.social
Today's dive site, to ~2,200m. We will be streaming 9am-3pm Central. At www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean

#AsgardArchaea
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November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Please help build some public-facing interpretive signage at Siccar Point. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
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Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail
We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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friendsofmidway.bsky.social
#Wisdom is back!
The world’s oldest known living banded bird, Mōlī (Laysan albatross) queen, has returned to Kuailhelani (Midway Atoll). #Birds
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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elinorelliot.bsky.social
An abandoned uranium mine on a Navajo reservation.

This is why environmental justice and social justice are mutually inextricable.
leanahosea.bsky.social Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 13d
Filming at an abandoned uranium mine in Arizona. The mining waste is uncontained, open to the winds. Professor Kearfott, University of Michigan, telks me the Geiger counter readings I took here are similar to those remaining around Chernobyl.

vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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doktrock.bsky.social
News article on the proposed cuts ⚒️🧪

nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/11/17/b...
Breaking down UNL’s final $27.5 million budget cut proposal • Nebraska Examiner
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Rodney Bennett has finalized a plan to cut up to $27.5 million from UNL’s budget.
nebraskaexaminer.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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doktrock.bsky.social
⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences
ljelkins.bsky.social Dr. Lynne Elkins @ljelkins.bsky.social · 20d
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.

If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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archaeal.bsky.social
Map of seafloor where we are diving to sample sediments today.

#AsgardArchaea
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November 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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321 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Biotite:
- A mica group mineral
- Forms in igneous and metamorphic rocks
- Can be used to date rocks
- Named after Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862), a physicist who studied the optical properties of mica #minerals #MineralMonday
Bulky-looking black pirsms of biotite in a grey pegmatite. From Langesundsfjord, Norway. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London. A black shiny cleavage slab of biotite, shaped like a wonky coffin. From Mexico. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London. A black diamond-shaped biotite crystal in a grey spotty trachyte rock. From Ústecký kraj, Czech Republic. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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archaeal.bsky.social
We just planned this canyon and now we are diving to explore and collect samples.

Watch live here - www.youtube.com/@SchmidtOcea...

#AsgardArchaea
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November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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mattlanza.bsky.social
Goods stuff here. We really need to be talking about this topic more. I obviously talk a lot about climate change issues. But this subsidence problem (for Houston & many other places) is also a very, very big deal -- *especially* when compounded by climate change issues.
houstonchronicle.com Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 18d
Multiple Houston suburbs are sinking fast as a rapidly growing population is creating rising demands for groundwater. Here are the billion-dollar solutions Texas officials are working on to mitigate this mostly irreversible phenomenon.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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NOAA cut funding for critical parts of the tsunami and earthquake detection system in Alaska, primarily in the Aleutians. I spoke to Wash Post about negative impacts. But, hey, what are the chances of a deadly tsunami being triggered in Alaska? (Gift article, not behind paywall) ⚒️ wapo.st/4qKvavQ
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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"include scaling back how much information manufacturers need to provide for a proposed chemical" - look back at industry repeated failures to comply (chems we all have in us now) - DuPont, 3M, Chemours, Monsanto, etc. yet
Zeldin is OK to trust them again?! 😱#PFAS
www.thenewlede.org/2025/11/epa-...
Health and labor groups say proposed EPA chemical review rollbacks endanger communities, workers
Health, environmental and labor groups are voicing their opposition to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed changes to the nation’s premier chemical safety law, saying the changes w...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Texas A&M reinventing "prior restraints"

www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
kbyip.bsky.social
Anyone know why credentials are needed for the EIA interactive map now? atlas.eia.gov or www.eia.gov/state/maps.php
indicates credentials needed? it used to be available to everyone. My students need this page to complete an assignment.
ArcGIS Hub
Discover, analyze and download data from ArcGIS Hub. Download in CSV, KML, Zip, GeoJSON, GeoTIFF or PNG. Find API links for GeoServices, WMS, and WFS. Analyze with charts and thematic maps. Take the n...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast ⚒️
www.nbcnews.com/science/tsun...
U.S. tsunami warning system, reeling from funding and staffing cuts, is dealt another blow
Seismic monitoring stations in Alaska are closing after a denied federal grant, risking delayed tsunami warnings for people living on the West Coast.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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texasaaup.bsky.social
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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A Chinese research vessel docked in the Cook Islands Saturday as it probed the Pacific nation's deep-sea mining potential, a fledgling industry of mounting interest to both Beijing and Washington.

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November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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In 1979, a Mining Test Ravaged the Pacific Seafloor— 44 Years Later, New Evidence Reveals It’s Likely Forever

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In 1979, a Mining Test Ravaged the Pacific Seafloor— 44 Years Later, New Evidence Reveals It’s Likely Forever
A 1979 deep-sea mining test left marks on the Pacific seafloor that remain nearly untouched over four decades later. New research uncovers what really happened in the ocean depths—and why it matters m...
dailygalaxy.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM